Mattresses turned into giant lighted eyeballs on motion detectors. As pedestrians passed by, the eyeballs would illuminate and catch them in the light. There were significantly fewer car burglaries over the duration of the project. After a week the piece was terminated by Clayton Police and replaced with official "Neighborhood Watch" signs.

Tower as resident artist of Yosemite, 2000, 1/2Tower engaged in a "Mortero Hole" Party with strange children she met on the trailPosing as a Miwok, Native to Yosemite, andcamouflaged to watch grizzly bear

Painting as Performance--For the Summer of 2000, Tower went backpacking and painting in a "self-prescribed" park uniform as resident artist in Yosemite.

Tower as resident artist of Yosemite, 2000, 2/2

Painting as Performance--For the Summer of 2000, Tower went backpacking and painting in a "self-prescribed" park uniform as resident artist in Yosemite.

"First Person Over the Falls", 4'x24'x4.5', 1994. 1/3Annie Taylor and Cindy Tower story combined, and told in a gutter.Gutter, water, bottles, pump

"First Person Over the Falls" tells the life story of Annie Taylor (in a series of floating bottles) who in 1904, was the first person to go over Niagara Falls and survive. The townsfolk wagered on her going over the falls in a barrel. She won the bet but later was robbed of the money and ended up in the poorhouse.

"First Person Over the Falls", 1994, 2/3Gutter, water, bottles, pump

Annie Taylor and Cindy Tower story combined, and told in a gutter.

"First Person Over the Falls", 1994, 3/3Annie Taylor and Cindy Tower story told in a gutter.

"First Person Over the Falls" tells the life story of Annie Taylor (in a series of floating bottles) who in 1904, was the first person to go over Niagara Falls and survive. The townsfolk wagered on her going over the falls in a barrel. She won the bet but later was robbed of the money and ended up in the poorhouse.